Soil-pipe connection for closet-bowls.



PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

No. 800,083. v

' w. B. DBLBHANTY.

SOIL PIPE OONNEQTION FOR GLOSET BOWLS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8,1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

SOIL-PIPE CONNECTION FOR CLOSET-BOWLS.

Patented. Sept. 19, 19 5.

ApplicationfiledAugust8,1903. Seria1No.168,'733.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that LWILLIAM E. DELEHANTY a citizen of the United States, residing in. New York city, county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soil-Pipe Connections for Closet-Bowls; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates .to certain new and useful improvements in soil-pipe connections for water-closet bowls, and is designed to pro vide a convenient, practical, and efficient device for that purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a soil-pipe connection embodying my invention, the parts (including the soilpipe and the closet-bowl) being shown in vertical section. Figs. 2 and 3 represent, respectively, on a larger scale, a top plan view and a bottom plan view of the floor-plate constituting one of the elements of the joint.

Similar letters of reference'indicate similar parts'throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a Y water-closet bowl of approved type,'B indicates the soil-pipe, and 0 indicates the floorp ate.

The floor-plate C surrounds the upper portion of the soil-pipe and is provided with an annular flange 0;, having a sealing-seat on its upper periphery and adapted to make contact with the packing-ring 0, of prepared asbestos'or the like. The seat of the flange is provided with an annular groove 6 rendering it particularly sensitive when brought into contact with the packing, which is forced into the groove, thereby rendering the joint additionally secure. The flange a is also beveled at d, as shown, to receive molten solderwhich on cooling unites the floor-plate to the soilplate.

The closet-bowlA is provided with a hollow spud or projection e entering the soil-pipe and is likewise provided with a base having a recess for the reception of the packing-ring c and having a foot-flange f. The purpose of this outlying foot-flange is to inclose the floorplate, thereby concealing it from view and also to take the weight of the bowl off the floor-plate, except at the grooved seat, to

which end the flange f is made sufliciently high to leavea substantial clearance between the outer rim of the floor-plate and the lower surface of the base. The joint or connection is completed by means of screw-threaded bolts I and nuts. The heads g of the bolts engage the floor-plate and the shanks of the bolts pass through apertures in the base of the bowl and receive at their ends the washers h and nuts c. To receive the heads of the bolts, the floor-plate rim is provided with openings sufficiently large at k to permit the bolt-head to pass through, but beveled atl and of lesser width, so that'the bolt-heads will (engage the beveled surfaces when in place therein. This construction is of particular importance should it be'desired for any reason to remove the bowl, as in case, of injury to the bowl itself or to its base. In such event it is merely necessary to slack up. the nuts 2'.

The bolts, may then be shifted laterally until their heads pass from the narrow portions Z into the wider portions 70 of the floor-plate openings, whereupon the bowl, together with the bolts, may be lifted without disturbing the floor-plate or its solder joint. Conversely, a new or substitute .bowl may be connected up to the soil-pipe, the heads of the bolts passing through the openings 70 and the bolts be- I ing then shifted until their beveled heads enter the beveled'openings l.

It will be noted that the hollow spud or projection e is of such length that its lower annular flange provided on its top with a grooved seat, a packing-ring engaging said seat, a closet-bowl having a base provided base together to complete the joint; substmr With a tubular projection entering the soiltially as described. IO pipe and having a depending flange Within In testimony WhereofI afiix my signaturein Which the packing-ring is held and centered, presence of two Witnesses.

5 and having also an outside flange inclosing WILLIAM E. DELEHANIY.

the floor-plate, and relieving it from the pres- Witnesses: sure of the bowl except at the grooved seat, V. G. SOATTERGOOD,

and-means for drawing the floor-plate and D. R. TABER. 

